Chile, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and five European countries. Overall, Chile''s pass-through does …

In this paper, we use a bank-level panel dataset to investigate the determinants of bank interest margins in the … extensions to assess the extent to which high spreads of banks in the CCA can be related to bank-specific variables, to … risk, bank size, bank diversification, banking sector competition, and macroeconomic policies; but the impact depends on …

over two decades. A reduced-form equation is estimated on the basis of a bank profit maximization model that permits a …

We examine trends in bank competition since the early 2000s. The Lerner index-arguably the most commonly used measure …

interest rate spreads and margins in Armenia using a bank-level panel dataset for the period 2002 to 2006. We find that bank …-specific factors, such as bank size, liquidity, and market power, as well as the market structure within which banks operate, explain a …

significant bank consolidation has been taking place in these countries, reflected in a sharp decline in the number of banks, this …

discusses possible factors that may inhibit a deepening of bank intermediation and more efficient banking in Brazil, two aspects …

Bank profits are high in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) compared to other regions. This paper uses a sample of 389 banks in … 41 SSA countries to study the determinants of bank profitability. We find that apart from credit risk, higher returns on … assets are associated with larger bank size, activity diversification, and private ownership. Bank returns are affected by …